Benedict Cumberbatch

Highest Rated: 100% The Tiger Who Came to Tea (2019)

Lowest Rated: 22% Zoolander 2 (2016)

Birthday: Jul 19, 1976

Birthplace: London, England, UK

When British actor Benedict Cumberbatch signed for his first cinematic roles in the early 2000s, he immediately unveiled a proclivity -- and a gift -- for essaying a diverse array of characterizations. Cumberbatch began with BBC television productions, notably a supporting part in the lesbian-themed period drama Tipping the Velvet (2002) and the lead role of the brilliant, physically disabled scientist Stephen Hawking in the BBC telemovie Hawking (2004). Cumberbatch landed one of his first significant international crossover roles (and his first major big-screen assignment) as one of the leads in Michael Apted's arthouse hit Amazing Grace (2006) -- portraying William Pitt, an 18th century British prime minister who crusaded against slavery. While appearing on the British stage and in British television shows, Cumberbatch slowly built up an impressive résumé of supporting film roles. He had a small (but significant) part in Joe Wright's period drama Atonement (2007), and played William Carey, Mary Boleyn's husband in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008).In 2010, Cumberbatch took on his breakout role, playing Sherlock Holmes in a BBC series reboot. His career exploded after the show took off. He played The Necromancer/Smaug in The Hobbit trilogy, Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness, a plantation owner in 12 Years a Slave and nabbed his first true starring role playing Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate. In 2014 Cumberbatch portrayed the pioneering British mathematician Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, and his work earned him a Best Actor nomination from the Academy, the first nod of his career.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	Stephen Vincent Strange	—	2022
91%	The Power of the Dog	Actor	—	2021
75%	The Mauritanian	Stuart Couch Producer	—	2021
81%	The Electrical Life of Louis Wain	Actor	—	2021
89%	1917	Colonel Mackenzie	—	2020
86%	The Courier	Greville Wynne	—	2020
61%	The Current War: Director's Cut	Thomas Edison Executive Producer	—	2019
94%	Avengers: Endgame	Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange	—	2019
100%	The Tiger Who Came to Tea	Actor	—	2019
80%	Brexit	Dominic Cummings	—	2019
75%	Between Two Ferns: The Movie	Actor	—	2019
53%	Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle	Shere Khan	—	2018
59%	The Grinch	The Grinch	—	2018
85%	Avengers: Infinity War	Dr. Stephen Strange	$665M	2018
No Score Yet	The War Magician	Jasper Maskelyne	—	2018
79%	The Child in Time	Stephen Lewis Executive Producer	—	2018
63%	Naples '44	Actor	—	2017
93%	Thor: Ragnarok	Dr. Stephen Strange	$315M	2017
32%	The Current War	Thomas Edison/	—	2017
89%	Doctor Strange	Stephen Vincent Strange	$232.7M	2016
No Score Yet	NT Live: Frankenstein 2016 Encore	Actor	—	2016
22%	Zoolander 2	All	$29.8M	2016
No Score Yet	NT Live: Hamlet 2016 Encore	Hamlet	—	2016
No Score Yet	National Theatre Live: Hamlet Encore Screening	Actor	$0.6M	2015
73%	Black Mass	William Bulger	$48.8M	2015
59%	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Necromancer/Smaug	$187.8M	2014
89%	The Imitation Game	Alan Turing	—	2014
73%	Penguins Of Madagascar	Agent Classified	$70.8M	2014
No Score Yet	Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet	Actor	—	2014
No Score Yet	Unlocking Sherlock	Actor	—	2014
67%	August: Osage County	Little Charles Aiken	$29.3M	2013
74%	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Smaug	$180.5M	2013
35%	The Fifth Estate	Julian Assange	$3.3M	2013
95%	12 Years a Slave	Ford	$50.7M	2013
89%	Jerusalem	Actor	—	2013
84%	Star Trek Into Darkness	John Harrison	$228.8M	2013
No Score Yet	Little Favour	Wallace	—	2013
No Score Yet	National Theatre Live 50th Anniversary Encore: Frankenstein	Actor	—	2013
64%	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Necromancer	$303.1M	2012
No Score Yet	National Theatre Live: Frankenstein	Actor	—	2012
74%	War Horse	Major Jamie Stewart	$79.9M	2011
92%	Wreckers	David	—	2011
83%	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Peter Guillam	$20.2M	2011
75%	The Whistleblower	Nick Kaufman	$0.9M	2011
No Score Yet	The Man Who Predicted 9/11	Actor	—	2011
47%	Third Star	James	—	2010
83%	Four Lions	Negotiator	$0.4M	2010
47%	Creation	Joseph Hooker	$0.3M	2010
No Score Yet	The Last Enemy	Stephen Ezard	—	2009
No Score Yet	Burlesque Fairytales	Actor	—	2009
43%	The Other Boleyn Girl	William Carey	$26.9M	2008
No Score Yet	Stuart: A Life Backwards	Actor	—	2007
83%	Atonement	Paul Marshall	$50.9M	2007
67%	Amazing Grace	William Pitt	$21.2M	2007
90%	Starter for 10	Patrick	$0.2M	2006
No Score Yet	To The Ends of the Earth	Edmund Talbot	—	2005
No Score Yet	Hawking	Stephen Hawking	—	2004
60%	To Kill a King	Royalist	—	2003

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	The View 1997	Guest	2019
No Score Yet	Jimmy Kimmel Live 2003	Guest	2019 2018 2016 2015 2013 2012
90%	Patrick Melrose 2018	Patrick Melrose Executive Producer	2018
No Score Yet	The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003	Guest	2018 2015
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015	Guest Actor	2018 2016 2015
No Score Yet	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 2015-2019	Guest	2018 2015
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014	Guest	2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
No Score Yet	The Graham Norton Show 2007	Guest	2018 2016 2014 2013
78%	Sherlock 2010-2017	Sherlock Holmes	2017 2014 2012 2010
No Score Yet	Saturday Night Live 1975	Host	2016
98%	The Hollow Crown 2012-2016	Richard III Richard	2016
No Score Yet	The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2015	Guest	2016
No Score Yet	Great Performances 2000	Richard III	2016 2014
No Score Yet	CBS This Morning 2012	Guest	2015 2012
No Score Yet	Masterpiece 1971-2014	Edmund Talbot Luke Fitzwilliam Bernard Bligh Stephen Ezard Bernard Sherlock Holmes	2014 2012 2010 2009 2008 2006
No Score Yet	Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 2009-2014	Guest	2013
No Score Yet	MTV First 2011-2014	Appearing	2013
70%	Parade's End 2013	Christopher Tietjens	2013
85%	The Simpsons 1989	Voice	2013
No Score Yet	Top Gear 2002	Guest Actor	2013
No Score Yet	Conan 2010	Guest	2013 2010
No Score Yet	Miss Marple 2004-2013	Actor	2009

Quotes from Benedict Cumberbatch's Characters

Stephen Vincent Strange:

I don't believe in fairy tales about chakras or energy or the power of belief.

Stephen Vincent Strange:	Why are you doing this?
The Ancient One:	There are other ways to save lives; so much you don't know.
Stephen Vincent Strange:	...Teach me.
Stephen Vincent Strange:	Teach me.

Sherlock Holmes:

We all have a past, Watson. Ghosts. They're the shadows that define our ever sunny day.

Sherlock Holmes:

The stage is set. The curtain rises. We are ready to begin.

William Bulger:

Jimmy's business is Jimmy's business.

Alan Turing:

Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.

Alan Turing:

Of course machines can't think as people do. A machine is different from a person. Hence, they think differently. The interesting question is, just because something, uh.. thinks differently from you, does that mean it's not thinking? Well, we allow for humans to have such divergences from one another. You like strawberries, I hate ice-skating, you cry at sad films, I am allergic to pollen. What is the point of...of... different tastes, different... preferences, if not, to say that our brains work differently, that we think differently? And if we can say that about one another, then why can't we say the same thing for brains... built of copper and wire, steel?

Alan Turing:

Machines can never think as humans do but just because something thinks differently from you, does it mean it's not thinking?

Alan Turing:

Was I God? No. Because God didn't win the war. We did.

Alan Turing:	I like solving problems, Commander. And Enigma is the most difficult problem in the world.
Commander Denniston:	Enigma isn't difficult, it's impossible. The Americans, the Russians, the French, the Germans, everyone thinks Enigma is unbreakable.
Alan Turing:	Good. Let me try and we'll know for sure, won't we?

Alan Turing:

Think of it. A digital computer. Electrical brain.

Alan Turing:

Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. but remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes... hollow.

Commander Denniston:	Have you ever won a war, Turing? I have. Do you know how it's done? Order, discipline, chain of command. You're not at university any longer. You are a very small cog in a very large system. And you will do as your commanding officer instructs.
Commander Denniston:	Yes
Alan Turing:	(clears throat) Who-who is your commanding officer?
Commander Denniston:	Winston Churchill, Number 10 Downing Street, London, SW1.

Alan Turing:

Are you paying attention?

Agent Classified:

We can't all be penguins.

Agent Classified:

Click on the button with the picture of the microphone.

Alan Turing:

Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.

Alan Turing:

Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.

Smaug:

Come out. Don't be shy. Step into the light.

Little Charles Aiken:	(getting up) I have a truth to tell.
Violet Weston:	It speaks!

Little Charles Aiken:	I can't believe that I missed Uncle Bev's funeral.
Charles Aiken:	That can't compare to what you have in your heart.

John Harrison:

You should have let me sleep!

Ford:	What is the price for the ones Platt and Eliza?
Freeman:	A thousand for Platt; he is a nigger of talent. Seven hundred for Eliza. My fairest price.
Ford:	You will accept a note?
Freeman:	Always from you, Mr. Ford.

Ford:	I believe Tibeats is skulkin' about the premises somewhere. He wants you dead, and he will attempt to have you so. It's no longer safe for you here. And I don't believe you will remain passive if Tibeats attacks. I have transferred my debt to Edwin Epps. He will take charge of you.
Solomon Northrup:	Master Ford, you must know; I am not a slave.
Ford:	I cannot hear that.
Solomon Northrup:	Before I came to you I was a free man.
Ford:	I am trying to save your life! And... I have a debt to be mindful of. That, now, is to Edwin Epps. He is a hard man. Prides himself on being a "nigger breaker." But truthfully I could find no others who would have you. You've made a reputation of yourself. Whatever your circumstances, you are an exceptional nigger, Platt. I fear no good will come of it.

Smaug:

Revenge? I will show you revenge!

Smaug:

I am King Under the Mountain!

Smaug:

I am King Under the Mountain!

Smaug:

I am fire... I am death.

Smaug:

My teeth are swords! My claws are spears! My wings are a hurricane!

Smaug:

You will burn!

Smaug:

I am fire. I am death.

Smaug:

I am death!

Smaug:	I am fire! I am... death.
Bilbo Baggins:	What have we done

Smaug:

Do not think that flattery will keep you alive.

Smaug:

I am fire. I am Death.

Smaug:

I am fire! I am... death!

Smaug:

I am the King Under the Mountain!

Smaug:

I am fire. I am death.

Smaug:

There is nowhere to hide!

Smaug:

Come now! Don't be shy. Step into the light!

Smaug:	Well, thief! Where are you?!
Smaug:	Well, thief! Where are you?

Kirk:	Why would a Starfleet admiral ask a three-hundred-year-old frozen man for help?
John Harrison:	Because I am better.
Kirk:	At what?
John Harrison:	Everything. Alexander Marcus needed to respond to an uncivilized threat in a civilized time, and for that, he needed a warrior's mind - my mind - to design weapons and warships.
Spock:	You are suggesting the Admiral violated every regulation he vowed to uphold, simply because he wanted to exploit your intellect...
John Harrison:	He wanted to exploit my savagery! Intellect alone is useless in a fight, Mr. Spock. You, you can't even break a rule - how can you be expected to break bone? Marcus used me to design weapons. I helped him realize his vision of a militarized Starfleet. He sent you to use those weapons, to fire my torpedoes on an unsuspecting planet, and then he purposely crippled your ship in enemy space, leading to one inevitable outcome: the Klingons would come searching for whoever was responsible, and you would have no chance of escape. Marcus would finally have the war he talked about, the war he always wanted.

Stephen Hawking:

Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me?

Smaug:

I am King Under the Mountain!!

John Harrison:

He used my friends to control me. I tried to smuggle them to safety by concealing them in the very weapons I had designed. But, I was discovered. I had no choice but to escape alone. And when I did, I had every reason to suspect that Marcus had killed every single one of the people I hold most dear. So, I responded in kind. My crew is my family, Kirk. Is there anything you would not do for your family?

John Harrison:

You should have let me sleep!

John Harrison:

Darkness is coming.

John Harrison:	I am better
John Harrison:	I am better.
Kirk:	At what?
John Harrison:	Everything
John Harrison:	Everything.

John Harrison:	You think you're safe, you're not.
John Harrison:	You think you're safe? You're not.

John Harrison:	So Shall We Begin!
John Harrison:	So shall we begin!

John Harrison:

Darkness is coming!

John Harrison:	my name is khan
John Harrison:	My name is Khan.

John Harrison:

If you think you are safe at warp, you're wrong.

James Kirk:	I watched you murder innocent men and women! I will make you answer for what you've done!
John Harrison:	You have no idea what you've done. I will walk over your cold corpses.

James Kirk:	Why would Starfleet ask a three-hundred year-old frozen man for help?
John Harrison:	Because I am better.
James Kirk:	At what?
John Harrison:	Everything. .

John Harrison:

My crew is my family, Kirk. Is there anything you would not do for your family?

John Harrison:

Your commanders have committed a crime I cannot forgive. None of you are safe. Have I got your attention now?

John Harrison:

Captain you going to punch me over and over until your arm weakens.

John Harrison:

No ship should go down without her captain.

John Harrison:

You can't even break a rule Mr. Spock, how could you be expected to break bones?

James Kirk:	Give me one good reason why I should believe you
John Harrison:	I can give you 72 captain,and they're on board your ship,they have been all along

John Harrison:

Your crew requires oxygen. Mine does not.

John Harrison:

It seems apt that I should return your crew to you. After all, a ship should not go down with its captain.

John Harrison:

Your captain is back on board. After all, no ship should go down without her captain!

John Harrison:

You can't even break rules, how can you be expected to break bone?

John Harrison:

I surrendered to you because despite your attempt to convince me otherwise, you seem to have a conscience, Mr Kirk. If you did not, then it would be impossible for me to convince you of the truth. 23174611. Coordinates not far from there. If you want to know why I did what I did, go and take a look.

James Kirk:	Give me one reason why I should listen.
John Harrison:	I can give you 72, and they're on board your ship captain. They have been all along.

John Harrison:

Is there anything you would not do for your family?

John Harrison:

You think you're safe, you are not.

John Harrison:	I am better
James Kirk:	At what?
John Harrison:	Everything

John Harrison:

Darkness is coming.

John Harrison:

No ship should go down without her captain.

John Harrison:

No ship should go down without her captain.

John Harrison:

You are a pawn Kirk! You cannot even guarantee the safety of your own crew!

John Harrison:	You have no idea what you have done, i will walk over your could corpses.
John Harrison:	You have no idea what you have done, I will walk over your could corpses.

John Harrison:	Your commanders have committed a crime i cannot forgive, none of you are safe. Have i got your attention now?
John Harrison:	Your commanders have committed a crime I cannot forgive, none of you are safe. Have I got your attention now?

John Harrison:

You think your world is safe, it is an illusion. Enjoy these final moments of peace.

John Harrison:	You think your world is safe? It is an illusion, a comforting lie told to protect you. Enjoy these final moments of peace, for I have returned, to have my... vengeance.
John Harrison:	You think your world is safe? It is an illusion, a comforting lie told to protect you. Enjoy these final moments of peace, for I have returned, to have my vengeance.

John Harrison:

You think you're safe, you are not.

John Harrison:

You have no idea what you have done. I will walk over your cold corpses.

John Harrison:	I am better
James Kirk:	At what?
John Harrison:	Everything

John Harrison:

You think you're safe? You are not!

John Harrison:

Is there anything you would not do for your family?!

John Harrison:

Is there anything you would not do for your family?

John Harrison:	So, shall we begin?!
John Harrison:	So, shall we begin?

John Harrison:

You think your world is safe? It is an illusion. A comforting lie told to protect you. Enjoy these final moments of peace. For I have returned, to have my vengeance!

Major Jamie Stewart:

Be brave! Be brave!

Stephen Hawking:

There was a young lady named Bright, Whose speed was faster than light, She set out one day, in a relative way, And returned on the previous night.

Bill Haydon:	I thought I'd pop down and catch a glimpse at the new girl before Bland gets to her.
Peter Guillam:	Ah, yes, Belinda the Blonde.

Stephen Hawking:	What if it works for this? Could it work, Roger? What would happen if it did?
Stephen Hawking:	Bang!

Stephen Hawking:	We are very very small, but we are profoundly capable of very very big things
Stephen Hawking:	We are very very small, but we are profoundly capable of very very big things.

Stephen Hawking:

I believe in the possible. I believe, small though we are, is significant that we may be. We can reach our full understanding of the universe.

Major Jamie Stewart:

Gentlemen, it is an honor to ride beside you. Make the Kaiser rue the day he crossed swords with us. Let every man do himself, his King, his country, and his fallen comrades proud. Be brave.

Negotiator:

The report makes crystal clear that the police shot the right man, but as far as I'm aware, the wrong man exploded. Is that clear?